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Species of lizard

Weiler's gecko
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species: U. weileri
Binomial name
Urocotyledon weileri
(L. Müller, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Diplodactylus weileri
    L. Müller, 1909
  • Phyllodactylus weileri
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Urocotyledon weileri
    — Kluge, 1983

Weiler's gecko (Urocotyledon weileri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.

Etymology

The specific name, weileri, is in honor of Justus Weiler who collected the holotype in Cameroon.

Habitat

The natural habitat of U. weileri is forest.

Reproduction

U. weileri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Chirio, L. (2021). "Urocotyledon weileri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178610A126472622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178610A126472622.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Urocotyledon weileri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 281).
  4. Lindholm WA (1905). "Beschreibung einer neuen Schlangenart (Dipsadophidium weileri nov. gen. et nov. sp.)". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 58: 183-187. (in German).

Further reading

  • Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
  • Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Urocotyledon weileri, new combination).
  • Müller L (1909). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über ein neues Chamäleon und ein neuen Gecko aus Kamerun ". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 62: 111–115. (Diplodactylus weileri, new species, pp. 113–115). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 119). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Urocotyledon weileri


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